Knife-guard for rotary knives.



G. J. SAYER.

KNIFE GUARD FOR ROTARY KNIVES.

APPLICATION FILED 001.13, 191s.

1,124,962. .Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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' KNIFE-GUARD FOR RO'TARYLKNI-VES:

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Specifcaton of Letters, Patent.

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Application mea october 13, 1913i' serial noir-95,0%

To all whom it may coner:

Be it known that l, GEORGELLI.. SAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the: county of -Co'ok and' State' of Illinois, have invented a certain new andl tion.

My invention relates to knife guards for rotary knives and has for its ob]ect the provision of improved means for protecting the user of the rotary knife from accidentally coming into contact with the blade, which means are so arranged that they are readily attachable and detachable from the machine, and are also so arranged that they can be swung out oftheir normal position to permit cleaning not only of the means but also of the knife, which cleaning is necessary on account of the nature of the use towhich the device is put. The rotary knives for meat cutting machines, for instance, carry with them portions of fat or other similar material and thus tend to clog up a guard in a manner to detract from the usefulness of the machine.

I will explain one form of carrying out my invention by referring to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a rotary knife machine provided with my im-` proved guard; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line a-a of Fig. 1 ;`k and Fig. 3 isa sectional View online b-b of Fig. 1. i

In the drawing I showa machine framework consisting of the base l which has a suitable bearing 2 to support a shaft 3 carrying a rotary knife blade 4. The rotary blade of course is to be suitably rotated for"v meat cutting purposes by any suitable devices not shown herein as is well understood. A post 5 is mounted u on the bearing 2 and fastened thereto, an carries suitable sharpening appliances consisting of the Sharpeners 6 and 7, which however. do not form part of this invention, the post\5 howf everl serving through the agency of an arm 8 to support one extremity of my improved guard 9. This guard as will be seen consists of a grooved metal strip arranged in the form of an arc having at its lower extremity a bearing portion l0 by means of which it is pivcted-f-upon' a shaft 1'1 suitably held' upon the frame 1l of the macliin'eA This' guard of course protects the user of the machine against coming into contact "witlr that' side of the rotary knife otherwiseexf 60 posedl which is not being utilized for.. meat cutting purposes. The arm 8 carries a socket 12, which socket has a plungery 13 controlled by a ngerpiece 14 and pressed to the right (Fig. 3) by the spring 15. 6`5

rlhis plunger has a stud 16 which is adapted to enter an aperture 17 provided in an arm 18 extending from the guard 9. The arm 8 has, as is apparent, a bifurcated extremity to receive the arm 18. ANow in order to 7a 4 clean the guard and also the knife, all that is necessary to do is to pull the plunger 13 to the left (Fig. 3), thereby withdrawing the stud 16 from the aperture within the arm 18, whereupon the guard 9 may be 75 swung in a contra-clockwise direction (Fig.`

1) about ythe shaft 11,*thus to expose the knife and to render the( interior grooved por,l

tion of the guard 9 accessible for cleaning purposes. f

It will thus be seen, that a suitable guard is provided which prevents contact` with the exposed portion of the knife and whichl at the same time can be readily displaced without removal for cleaning purposes. Itwill thus be seen that no ytime need be wasted in cleaning the machine and this is of course quite important inl machines of.

I this kind where the machine must be ready` for use when needed.

I have thus described one form which my invention may take, but it is of course readily apparent that changes and modiications may be made without departing from its spirit.

Having however thus described one form of carrying out my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: y

1. In a meat slicing machine the combination with a rotary knife, a bed plate, a bracket extending from said bed plate carrying a bearing for said knife, a grooved knife guard for that portion of the knife opposite the portion where the actual cutting is effected, pivotally mounted to said bed plate at the lower extremity of said guard, -an arm surmounting said bearing, and means carried by said `arm for detachably holding the upper extremity of said 1w.

iueeeee anda spring catch carried by said arm for detachably holding the upper extremity of said knife guard in position to conne the i5 edge of the knife between the opposite outer sides of Said guard.

ln Witness whereof, hereunto subscribe my name this twenty fth day of Septem-y ber, A. D. 1913.

GEORGE J. SAYEB Witnesses:

WM. A. CHAHN, GUSTAV REICHARDS. 

